DANE ARRIVES IN POLAND.....Finally!

Dane finally made it to Poland. Just 24 hours before he was to leave, he recieved an email telling him that his flight had been cancelled because of bad weather in London. After making some phone calls, he was able to be booked on Lot Airlines and flew out of Chicago straight to Warsaw. Sounds easy, right? After getting a very late start, he started the final leg across the Atlantic ocean.

His plane landed at 11:45 am (2 hours late) and he finally emerged from the baggage claim area around 2:15 pm....missing only one of the three bags he had brought! Every flight was late, the airport was crowded and everyone had luggage that was lost. So...

We found ourselves at the Lost Baggage counter again! This is becoming the norm! Because of the back-up of so much lost luggage, the airline said it may take a few days to get it to us. We can only hope. This short line took 1.5 hours to fill out our lost luggage claim.

All in all, it was a good trip.....long, but good. And it is great to have Dane here with us to spend Christmas together.

Some of the 'precious cargo' that did make it was our daughter, Devin's, homemade cinnamon rolls---yes, Aunt Elberta's famous recipe. Devin has 'mastered' the recipe and it will live on! Rootbeer, marshmellows, Cream of Chicken soup, all the necessities of life also came. We put our gifts under the tree and dug into the treats and called it dinner!

Dane's visit.....Day 2! A trip to Adam's Tie Factory was first on the list. There we visited with Adam, while Dane did a little shopping. Adam is such a great man. Not only does he give the missionaries a good deal on purchasing ties, he just cares about people. Next, we headed to the Rynek for some food and to see the gorgeous Christmas lights.

It was snowing; and it was cold, but the lights were beautiful. The guy from Arizona (he is at ASU going to law school) brought a thin coat and a hoodie sweatshirt........we went shopping after this.

Even though it was 16:00, he was suffering from "jet lag". We headed to the Zlote Tarasy (Golden Terraces or we call it the Glass Bubble Mall) to buy a warm coat, then home before he fell asleep on us.

The square in the middle of the Rynek was filled with all kinds of little shops selling food, Christmas ornaments, scarves, and all kinds of fun things to buy. With Christmas music playing, it was a perfect night. Welcome to Poland, Dane!